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Missing California baby found in Arizona

Six-month old Laylani Mosely was found with her grandmother, 57-year-old Carolyn Ferguson, at a gas station on 411th Avenue off of Interstate 10, said Officer Joaquin Enriquez, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
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A missing California baby who was the subject of an AMBER Alert was found unharmed Wednesday at a gas station in Tonopah, according to a Maricopa County sheriff's official.

A missing California baby who was the subject of an AMBER Alert was found unharmed Wednesday at a gas station in Tonopah, according to a Maricopa County sheriff's official.

The 6-month-old girl was with her 57-year-old grandmother, Carolyn Ruth Ferguson, at the gas station on 411th Avenue near Interstate 10, said Officer Joaquin Enriquez, a Sheriff's Office spokesman.

Ferguson was scheduled to be booked Wednesday night into Fourth Avenue Jail on suspicion of kidnapping.

Earlier in the day, a gas-station attendant noticed a woman come in the store with a baby that was wearing a very large diaper, Enriquez said. The attendant said the woman was giving the baby espresso and mentioned to the attendant that her car had broken down.

It wasn't clear who notified authorities, but sheriff's officials found the woman's car just north of the gas station.

The baby was inspected by firefighters and taken to the Buckeye West Valley Hospital shortly after 7:30 p.m. as a precaution, Enriquez said.

Authorities in Huntington Beach, Calif., issued an AMBER Alert for the girl on Wednesday afternoon after being notified by a relative.